Display cabinet



Mar. 6.- 1923.

c. F, KROM 0 DISPLAY CABINET Ffl led May 19, 1922 2 sheets-sheet iPatented 6, 1923.

CHESTER 1F. KBQM, OF ST. PETEBSBURG, FLQIBIDA.

DISPLAY Application filed May 19,

To alt whom it mag concern Be it known that I, CHns'rER F. KRoM, acitizen of the United States,-- residing at St.

Petersburg, in the county of Pinellas and State of Florida, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Display Cabinets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The general object of this invention is to provide a cabinet adapted fordisplaying bolts of laces and fine trimmings of all kinds.-

Tt is understood that usually the lace is wound upon card boards forfacilitatingthe f handling of the same. This of course -requiresconstant handling thereof andsubj ects the goods to great liabilityofdamage."

to obviate this fault'byremovingthe card board and mounting the goodsupon a dc tachable reel which is of such a construction as to permit ofthe same to be adjusted "to receive different sizes of bolts and whichcan be readily mounted within a frame, said frame being in turn slidablymounted in a cabinet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a frame which comprisestwomembers which are pivotally secured together so that when the same iswithdrawn from the cabi net the front section or member of the framewill be adapted to. swing to asubstantially vertical position, thuspermitting the reel which is mounted therein to be freely rotated.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above itwill be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof arenecessarily susceptible to changes, in detail and structuralarrangement, one preferred and practical embodiment being shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of acabinet, one of the frames being withdrawn therefrom so as to permit thegoods to be unwound from thereel.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of a cabinet, partly brokenaway, showing the frame therein.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the frame withdrawn from the cabinetand in a position to permit the free rotation of the reel.

Figure 4f is a top plan view of the frame detached, showin the reelmounted therein.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevation CABINET.

1922. Serial 1W0. 562,261.

I of the frame, partly broken away, showing the means for retaining thereel in a horizontal position, when the frame is wholly within thecabinet.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the reel.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by. numerals, it will be seenthat the invention comprises a' cabinet 7 having a plurality of openingstherein for the reception of the frame which will be hereinafter morefully described. Arranged longitudinally of the side walls of thecabinet are a plural- "ity of spaced parallel strips 8 and 9 in whichthe said frame is slidably' mounted.

It is one of theobjects of this invention 1 The supporting framecomprises a pair of substantiall U-shap ed front and rear members 10 an11. The rear member 10 is contracted, as indicated at 12, and the ends13 and 14 of said member areextended in parallel relation to thelongitudinal portions thereof. Catches 15 are pivoted to the rear of themember 10 by means of pivot pins 16 and said catches are adapted toengage in notches 17 formed in the strips 9 when the frame is-beingwithdrawn from the cabinet, thus preventing the entire withdrawal ofsaid frame. The front member 11 is provided with an enlarged end 18 andsaid member has its free ends 'inturned and bent upon itself to providethe arms 19 and 20.

The front member ll'is pivoted to the rear member 10 by means of thepivots 21 which engage the free ends 18 and 14: of the member 10 and thearms '19 and 20 of the member 11 intermediate the ends thereof. It willthus be'seen that the longitudinal'arms of the members 10 and 11 will beindirect alinement with each other, thus permitting the frame to slideback and forth between the strips 8 and 9.

Carried by the arm 20 intermediate the pivot 21 and the extreme end ofsaid arm, and projecting laterally therefrom is a pair of lugs 22 and28,said lugs being spaced and one of them arranged on each longitudinaledge of said arm 20 for the purpose which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

The reel upon which the bolt of goods is wound and which is mounted inthe frame consists of a pair of parallel side members 24: and 25, saidmembers being formed preferably of one piece of material bent upon itself. Each of the side members are crimped which are normally retainedwithin the cab at their ends to provide a plurality, of apertures 26 andare alsocrimped mediallyfthereof, as indicated at 27, for a purposewhich will be presently described. A stub shaft 28 is fixedly securedinthe'crimp'ed portion 27 of the side member 25 and the free endof saidshaft is mounted in alined transversed slots formed adjacenttheextremitie of the arms 14: and 19. The other side member 24 hasfixedly secured therein at its. crimped portion27 a crankshaftf29 whichis used for rotating-said reel and which. is wholly within the cabinet,thus preventing any possible rotationof said reel when the frame is inthe last named position. Adjacent the end slof the arms 14: and 20 thesame are provided on oppositeedges thereof with alined transverse slots31 and 30,. respectively, which are adapted toengage the crank shaft 29to .form'a bearing therefor.

When it is 'desiredtomount a bolt of goods 'Iupon the reel the cardboard is removed from said bolt and'in its placeare inserted thelpins 32with amends thereof projecting beyond the longitudinal edgeof saidboltso that. said endsjmaybe inserted infany of. the numerous; apertures26in the side members24and25. It willthus be seen that. the. reel isadapted to receivedifferent lengthsofbolts so that the same will betightly held thereon at all times; In

order to display the different samples of goods, the freejendmay bepassed around the front. end 18lof thegframe, and secured to the rearthe'reof by a longitudinally extending. leaf spring 33 which is attachedto said portion 18. .1 1..

--When itis desired to unwind a portion of thegoods, the frame iswithdrawn from the cabinet until the catches 15 engage in the.

notches 17 and the front member ll of said frame is then raised to asubstantially vertical position. The movement of this memher on itspivot 21 will permit of the disengagement of the lug 22 with thecrank 29and thus permitof a rotation of the reelby.

means of said crank. It is tobe notedthat when themembenll is raised theslot 30 in.

the'arin 20 willdisengagefrom the cranlg29 and said crank will then havea bearing only in the slot 31 of the free end 14 of the member 10. 1 a vi, a

It will thus be seen from the foregoing that there has been provided asimple and effective device for displaying the goods net.

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In testimony whereof I aflix mysigii'ature.

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